They say that a picture can speak a thousand words. And that sometimes photographs can tell you about social issues, feelings and the times that we live in more effectively than any other medium. One such picture is the Afghan Girl, one of the most famous, striking and memorable captures in the modern times. You […]
The damage that Patriarchy has been doing is not limited to one case or to one place either. It’s everywhere and it’s systematic. Ever thought how it would feel to have borrowed feelings? There are girls going through these feelings every second of their lives. The complicated, borrowed feelings which are not theirs and don’t identify […]
The Delhi High Court has directed the AAP government to make sure that a 12-year-old Afghan refugee girl be allowed to study despite the fact that she does not have an Aadhar Card.
Meet Jamila Afghani, who has been relentlessly working on gender sensitisation in Afghanistan. So much that, more than 6,000 Imams in Afghanistan have participated in her training program.
The ‘green-eyed’ Afghan girl, whose photo on the 1985 National Geographic cover catapulted her to fame, was arrested in Pakistan today, according to media reports. Sharbat Gula, now in her forties, was arrested in Peshawar on account of possessing forged Pakistani ID Cards. In 2014, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) had issued three […]
